the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, esp. as determined for a flood of a given height
Word origin
[1885–90; flood + way]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: reactor, retread, roller coaster, seminar, toner
Examples of 'floodway' in a sentence
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The floodway plays an important role in flood modeling.
Huidae Cho, Tien M. Yee, Joonghyeok Heo 2018, 'Automated Floodway Determination Using Particle Swarm Optimization', Waterhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/10/1420. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Very little work has been done in terms of floodway optimization.
Huidae Cho, Tien M. Yee, Joonghyeok Heo 2018, 'Automated Floodway Determination Using Particle Swarm Optimization', Waterhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/10/1420. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)